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Hotel review: Primrose Valley Hotel, St Ives, Cornwallhttps://www.theguardian.com/travel/2012/may/04/hotel-review-primrose-valley-st-ives
This small hotel in St Ives has a terrific spa – and you'll need a relaxing treatment there after the terrifying drive to its front door<p>Driving to the Primrose Valley Hotel takes nerve. "If a vehicle is coming up [the steep hill] it has to give way to you," says the "getting here" bit on the website. I poke the car around a turning above Porthminster Beach, and the road beneath disappears. Here goes … Thank God nothing is coming up. I turn beneath a railway bridge and into a parking slot at the hotel.</p><p>Ooh, that's nice: guests are sitting in the window having tea. It's open-plan here – clever. Sitting room on my right, breakfast room opposite, all beneath the gaze of Tamara de Lempicka's Young Lady with Gloves. A doorway to reception is also the way to the bar (slate-floored with black sofas to match), which is where I need to be right now – I'm still shaking slightly from my descent.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2012/may/04/hotel-review-primrose-valley-st-ives">Continue reading...</a>HotelsTravelCornwall holidaysUnited Kingdom holidaysEurope holidaysShort breaksBeach holidaysEngland holidaysFri, 04 May 2012 21:45:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2012/may/04/hotel-review-primrose-valley-st-ivesPhotograph: PRPrimrose Valley Hotel, St Ives, CornwallPhotograph: PRPrimrose Valley Hotel, St Ives, CornwallSally Shalam2012-05-04T21:45:00ZTop 10 budget restaurants on the north Cornwall coasthttps://www.theguardian.com/travel/2012/mar/14/top-10-budget-restaurants-north-cornwall
The north coast of Cornwall offers the county's classic – clotted cream teas and delicious pasties – but also tapas, exceptional coffee and gourmet burgers, often served with a fantastic sea view. We pick the best places to eat for under £10<br /><br />• <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2010/oct/14/south-cornwall-top10-eats">Top 10 budget restaurants in south Cornwall</a><br /><strong>• <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/interactive/2012/mar/14/cornwall-holiday-guide-interactive">As featured in our Cornwall holiday guide</a> </strong><p>If indeed the much-bandied-about concept of "cool Cornwall" exists, the Porthmeor is a good place to come looking for it. This beachside terrace in front of Tate St Ives offers a kind of casual eating that fills the gap between the seriously priced offerings of Fifteen, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2006/apr/08/travelfoodanddrink.foodanddrink.unitedkingdom" title="">Porthminster Beach Cafe</a> et al, and the cheap but not always terribly cheerful fish 'n' chip shops of old. Breakfasts are big here – scrambled eggs with Cornish crab and crème fraiche, buttermilk pancakes, toasted artisan Vicky's Bread.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2012/mar/14/top-10-budget-restaurants-north-cornwall">Continue reading...</a>Cornwall holidaysFood and drinkUnited Kingdom holidaysEurope holidaysTravelBeach holidaysTop 10sLife and styleFood & drinkRestaurantsEngland holidaysWed, 14 Mar 2012 12:39:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2012/mar/14/top-10-budget-restaurants-north-cornwallPhotograph: AlamyA taste of Cornwall … Porthmeor Beach Cafe, St Ives. Photograph: AlamyPhotograph: AlamyA taste of Cornwall … Porthmeor Beach Cafe, St Ives. Photograph: AlamyIsmay Atkins2012-03-14T12:39:00ZHotel review | Jamaica Inn, Cornwallhttps://www.theguardian.com/travel/2010/oct/30/jamaica-inn-hotel-cornwall-halloween
The Cornish hotel made famous by Daphne du Maurier has plenty of spooky history but no ghostly goings-on<p>A website with a piratical skull and crossbones on its home page does not, I must admit, fill me with an urge to leave the comfort and safety of my own home, but Halloween is approaching and this column needs spooks. I'm off to Jamaica Inn – one of England's most haunted pubs, and the very one in which Daphne du Maurier set her murderous tale of Cornish wrecking.</p><p>The inn sprawls over a wide area. Clearly, outbuildings have been converted over the years. Though, thanks to dark slate and stone, it somehow merges with the moorland backdrop. There are two car parks, one so large it hints at coach parties. I bet they pull in for lunch and a visit to the inn's museum – devoted to smuggling and Daphne du Maurier memorabilia.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2010/oct/30/jamaica-inn-hotel-cornwall-halloween">Continue reading...</a>HotelsCornwall holidaysTravelEurope holidaysUnited Kingdom holidaysDaphne du MaurierBooksHalloweenEngland holidaysFri, 29 Oct 2010 23:05:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/travel/2010/oct/30/jamaica-inn-hotel-cornwall-halloweenPhotograph: AlamyJamaica Inn … no ghostly goings-on, but the mattress springs were deeply unsettling. Photograph: AlamyPhotograph: AlamyJamaica Inn … no ghostly goings-on, but the mattress springs were deeply unsettling. Photograph: AlamySally Shalam2010-10-29T23:05:00Z